Police: Ormond man asked teen to lie to save his plans of becoming a law officer

Wednesday

Aug 28, 2013 at 8:49 AMAug 28, 2013 at 11:11 AM

An Ormond Beach man who met a 14-year-old girl online and had sex with her asked the teen to lie so it would not ruin his chances of becoming a law enforcement officer, an arrest report shows.

By Patricio G. Balonapatricio.balona@news-jrnl.com

An Ormond Beach man who met a 14-year-old girl online and had sex with her asked the teen to lie so it would not ruin his chances of becoming a law enforcement officer, an arrest report shows.Jonothan Martin, 22, a Publix employee who had applied to be a sheriff's deputy, was arrested Tuesday and charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious battery, Ormond Beach police investigators said.Ormond Beach police started investigating the incident in June after the teen's mother reported that neighbors told her adult males had been coming to her house and were having sex with her daughter, an arrest report shows.The mother confronted the teen and she admitted to having met several men online and that one came to the home and had sex with her on two occasions, police said.Investigators discovered that Martin met the girl on OKCupid.com where he talked about sex and sexual activity he and the girl had. The girl said she advertised herself as an 18-year-old on the Internet, investigators said.In a controlled telephone call and later through text messages, Martin told the girl to tell her mother she made up the story of having sex with him. He told the girl that telling police what happened would ruin his life, investigators said.When investigators went to see Martin at his workplace in Ormond-By-The-Sea in July, he admitted to having sex with the teen and asked how the case would be handled. Investigators told Martin they were filing a criminal complaint against him with the State Attorney's Office, the report shows.“The defendant advised that this would hurt his chances with the Sheriff's Office because he has an application for employment with them at the time of the interview,” investigators wrote in their report.